Chapter 21

Chapter 21: The Big Bad Wolf and the Little White Rabbit

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“So hungry… so painful… so uncomfortable…”

In the darkness, apart from the sound of lotus leaves trembling in the wind, only the girl’s hoarse cries of pain remained.

Lin Muyu had a dream where she turned into a weak little rabbit, going out to forage for food due to hunger.

She happened to see a fresh carrot standing quietly ahead, tempting her taste buds.

Just as she excitedly ran over for a feast, she discovered a big bad wolf crouching stealthily nearby.

“It’s the big bad wolf’s trap!”

She wanted to run, but at such close distance, how could she outrun an agile big bad wolf?

She couldn’t move, she was terrified!

She was about to be eaten…

But the big bad wolf didn’t devour her in one bite. Instead, it slowly tortured her, its saliva covering her entire body, and wounds spread across her body from its sharp claws.

Finally, when Lin Muyu was completely in despair, the big bad wolf seemed to have finally had enough fun. It stared at the exhausted little rabbit with blood-red eyes, its mouth corners seemingly curved in a playful smile.

Then it opened its bloody maw, ready to devour her completely…

Lin Muyu suddenly woke up, struggling to open her dry eyes, but she failed as the harsh light stabbed at her pupils.

She hoped tears could moisten her dry eyes, but she found that her tears seemed to have dried up long ago.

“You’re awake?”

A cold voice came from beside her ear, filled with apology.

“Mm… cough cough…”

Lin Muyu wanted to say something, but she found her throat extremely hoarse, unable to make any sound.

Endless pain throughout her body instantly struck, stimulating her fragile nerves, yet she had no strength to resist.

Her dizzy head couldn’t distinguish the current situation, but she understood that she seemed severely injured and needed rest.

Suddenly, something soft pressed against her lips, and a smooth pill was skillfully delivered into Lin Muyu’s mouth.

Her body was infused with vitality like long-awaited sweet rain, and Lin Muyu’s body began repairing the damage.

Soon after, Lin Muyu finally slowly opened her eyes, though there was no color in them and they couldn’t focus.

Her brain seemed to have stopped working, not yet fully booted up.

“Are you alright?”

Su Wanqing looked at Lin Muyu’s dazed appearance and couldn’t help but worry.

That poison somehow hadn’t dissipated until now, instead hiding deeper, actually concealing itself in her dantian, attacking again when she was unprepared.

She should have thought of this earlier, as the infamous poison of the Hehuan Sect, it couldn’t be so easily dispelled.

Moreover, due to her recent rapid advancement in cultivation, the power gap between Su Wanqing and Lin Muyu had grown larger and larger, a Cultivator launching an assault on an ordinary person.

It was hard to imagine what kind of pain that ordinary person endured.

Looking at Lin Muyu’s lifeless eyes, Su Wanqing panicked a little, not knowing what to do.

She could only apologize helplessly:

“I’m sorry…”

Her hands clenched tightly into fists, praying that Lin Muyu would show some reaction.

This apology seemed to awaken Lin Muyu’s consciousness, her spirit gradually returning, her eyes gradually focusing.

But when she saw Su Wanqing in front of her, her heart suddenly trembled, her body instinctively shrinking back, as if seeing some terrible beast.

Then she curled herself into a ball, crying out in fear: “Don’t come near me!”

Seeing this scene, Su Wanqing’s heart couldn’t help but tremble, the guilt in her heart growing even stronger.

It was all her fault. Why didn’t she properly check her physical condition?

Why did she harm a girl who was still an ordinary person?

She clearly understood the pain the girl endured. A Cultivator and an ordinary person were unequal in both strength and ability.

This caused the madness unleashed by Su Wanqing to far exceed Lin Muyu’s capacity to endure.

Though she couldn’t control herself, it was still her fault.

Seeing this situation, Su Wanqing couldn’t help but grit her teeth lightly. Steeling her heart, she drew her frost sword and made a light cut on her hand.

A drop of golden liquid different from ordinary blood seeped out.

That golden droplet floated quietly in the air, radiating brilliant light.

Su Wanqing’s complexion visibly became extremely pale, her body involuntarily leaning to one side, having to support herself with her sword.

She forcibly pushed that golden droplet into Lin Muyu’s mouth, ignoring Lin Muyu’s desperate refusal.

When the golden droplet slid from her mouth into her body, Lin Muyu immediately felt a warm current begin spreading to all parts of her body.

Hidden injuries throughout her body began healing, especially the spiritual damage.

Lin Muyu felt as if she had returned to her mother’s womb, so warm and safe, without any sense of danger.

It was as if she was strolling and dancing in a beautiful garden, floating like an immortal together with colorful butterflies.

As if all the previous pain and despair were just a big dream, dissipating like bubbles.

Lin Muyu finally came to her senses, her face no longer showing pale despair, replaced by overwhelming happiness.

When she saw Su Wanqing, muscle memory still made her involuntarily shrink back.

But Su Wanqing’s current condition seemed somewhat wrong.

“Are you alright?”

She saw Su Wanqing’s face was terrifyingly pale, supporting herself on the ground with one hand holding her sword, seeming about to collapse.

Her hair tips had also spread with strange silver-white color, appearing extremely odd.

“Cough cough.”

Blood seeped from the corner of Su Wanqing’s mouth. Seeing Lin Muyu return to normal, that pale face actually showed a strange smile.

“Thud.”

The sword body fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Su Wanqing, having lost the sword’s support, also fell forward.

Lin Muyu hurriedly caught Su Wanqing to prevent her from falling, and gently placed her on the bed.

“What on earth is happening?!”

Lin Muyu helplessly rubbed her head, beginning to recall what exactly had happened.

It seems like last night, that strange Su Wanqing once again…

?

Why “again”?

But her memory of that period was strange and unfamiliar, like having a nightmare, clearly everything had happened yet nothing remained.

And what was going on with Su Wanqing who had fallen unconscious before her? How was she supposed to attend the so-called classes without her?

“Damn it, I never thought that as someone who used to be a teacher, I’d actually be late on the first day…”

Lin Muyu shook her head, a sense of sorrow quietly rising in her heart.

“I knew nothing good would come from encountering the male and female leads. Maybe this is the male lead’s plot that I accidentally stumbled into?”

There was really no need for that. She didn’t want to participate in this strange plot at all. After all, this was a trashy novel written by her online friend.

Following the male and female leads through the plot was just going to one’s death!

But it seemed she was already deeply involved and couldn’t stay out of it.

The power of karma had begun influencing the direction of the plot in mysterious ways.

“What should I do next? How annoying!”

Lin Muyu looked deeply at Su Wanqing, not knowing what she was thinking.